Sharpblaze grinned at Bronzegaze, "Are you super-duper sure?"

Bronzegaze laughed, "I would be proud to serve as Wildstar's deputy and as deputy of ThunderClan." Then she looked up at the sky. Her features creased with thought.

Wildstar smiled at her deputy. There's no one I trust more, she thought. "Alright, Dingosong, Sharpblaze, Moonlight and Bronzegaze. Follow me. We'll start with RiverClan and work our way to the other Clans from there."

The cats followed Wildstar out of camp as they padded towards the RiverClan border. Wildstar looked up at the sky, "It's Leaf Fall at the moment. Hopefully all this will be over before Leaf Bare can greet us with its harsh weather."

Bronzegaze nodded in agreement. "Let's hope the other Clans join us."

Sharpblaze nodded and looked forwards, spotting the river through the trees. "Shall we wait for a RiverClan patrol to escort us, Wildstar?"

"Yes. It would be disrespectful to barge into their territory. Would you like it if a RiverClan cat marched into our territory without permission?"

"Definitely not!" Sharpblaze said firmly. "You taught me that in training!"

"Then my point has been made and we'll wait for a patrol. Let's show them the same respect we'd expect from them."

Sharpblaze nodded and waited. Dingosong started fidgeting and shoving a leaf in endless circles. Moonlight was on full alert, but there was nothing to be alert for. Fortunately, it wasn't much longer before a patrol came.

The patrol held a sandy colored she-cat, a grey tom and a dark brown apprentice who was staring at the ThunderClan cats with huge eyes. "Who are those cats, Dustfur?" The apprentice asked quietly.

"Those are ThunderClan cats, Barkpaw. Let Salmonpelt deal with them."

The sandy colored she-cat, Salmonpelt, hissed at the ThunderClan cats. "What do you ThunderClan cats think you're doing? Is this an attack? What do you want?"

Wildstar stepped forwards. "We want you to escort us to your camp. We have something that needs to be discussed with your leader."

"What are you going to tell Stormstar?" Salmonpelt asked suspiciously. "Actually, do you really expect me to lead you to our camp with that many warriors?" She drifted her eyes over Bronzegaze, Sharpblaze, Dingosong and Moonlight.

Wildstar sighed, "Three of them were only made warriors a few minutes ago. Please, the Clans are at stake!"

Salmonpelt glanced at Wildstar, locking eyes with her for a few moments. She sighed, "I can't believe I'm doing this. I'll lead you to our camp, but try anything and I'll shred you!"

Dingosong smiled. "That's fair."

"Thank you," Sharpblaze said with a smile. So far so good.

Bronzegaze said seriously, "The Clans truly are at stake. We need RiverClan more than you think."

Salmonpelt nodded slowly and beckoned the cats forward with her tail. Walking away, she led them into the RiverClan camp. When they finally arrived, the RiverClan cats weren't exactly friendly. Wildstar stepped into the camp and was immediately greeted by hissing cats. Wildstar looked up and saw Stormstar coming out of her den. "Why are you here, Wildeyes?" Stormstar growled.

"Actually, it's Wildstar now. Wrathstar is no longer the leader of ThunderClan, I am."

Stormstar blinked in surprise, "You are? What happened to Wrathstar?"

"That's part of why I'm here. His last lives were taken by a group of savage rogue cats..."

Stormstar gasped, "No!" She bowed her head, "I am sorry about the great loss your Clan has been forced to take. It sounds so...unlike the rogues, they don't usually interfere with us."

Wildeyes nodded in agreement, "There were four cats, each from one of four rogue Clans in the Twoleg Place: BoneClan, ClawClan, BloodClan and ScarClan. These four Clans are joining together to form DeathClan."

Stormstar frowned. "What would you have us do? It's BloodClan all over again."

Wildstar nodded. "They threaten our forest but I have an idea. The four forest Clans must remake LionClan to overcome them. We will band together once more and defeat DeathClan as we once defeated BloodClan."

Stormstar's eyes narrowed, "Why should we trust you?"

Wildstar hissed, "Your lives are at stake! They will attack at the night of the next gathering, half a moon from now. Will you at least take a patrol to Four Trees? I will explain the rest there with the other Clans."

Stormstar paused then sighed, "I will go, but you'd better give me a good explanation. If something doesn't sound right, I'll leave in an instant."

Wildstar dipped her head, "Thank you. Come at sun high tomorrow. Hopefully, the other Clans will be there too. I will take my patrol to the border of WindClan. We will wait for one of their patrols there."

Sharpblaze nodded in agreement. "These cats are no Kittypets or ordinary rogues. They are extremely dangerous."

Stormstar snorted, "How how would you know?"

Wildstar stepped in before Sharpblaze could reply, "There's no time for this. At Four Trees, all of your questions will be answered. Right now, we need to get WindClan." She turned to Bronzegaze, "Let's go."

Wildstar padded out of the RiverClan camp with her patrol. They walked through the RiverClan territory until they came to the meadows and moorland of WindClan. "We'll wait here. The patrol will be easy to spot."

Sharpblaze sat down and began grooming himself. After a while, he lifted his head, "They're coming."

The WindClan patrol didn't take long to arrive. A black and white tom was leading them. Wildstar recognized him as Rabbitspring; she'd seen him at a few gatherings. "What are a couple ThunderClan cats doing on our border?" he questioned, sounding curious as well as suspicious. "Also, you're sitting on RiverClan territory. Are you trespassing on their territory? Not that we care about RiverClan, I'm simply curious."

"We've come to see Breezestar," Wildstar said gently, "and we're on RiverClan territory because we've already spoken to Stormstar. We had the same conversation with her as we're going to have with your leader...if you let us pass."

Rabbitspring eyed Wildstar suspiciously for a moment. "Wildeyes, you know I can't simply let you into our territory..."

"I know," Wildstar sighed, "but this is important, more important than you could ever imagine. I'm begging that you let us pass. The Clans are at stake!"

Rabbitspring blinked awkwardly and sighed, "Fine, follow me." With a nod of his head, he turned and padded back out into the WindClan meadows.

Sharpblaze blinked, "So this is what the WindClan moors look like? What's this scent? It's weird." He sensed the WindClan cats around them flinch at his words, but they said nothing.

Bronzegaze looked back at him. "I forgot, you haven't been to a gathering yet, have you? Dingosong, Moonlight and Starpaw have all been to at least one gathering. You're the only one who hasn't been to one yet, so you wouldn't know what WindClan cats smell like."

Sharpblaze blinked, and then nodded. "Yes, I know what RiverClan and ShadowClan smell like since we share borders with them, but WindClan scent is new to me."

Bronzegaze nodded, "The black and white tom who Wildstar just spoke to is the WindClan deputy, Rabbitspring. Breezestar is the cat we've come to see, the leader of WindClan."

"Oh..." Sharpblaze murmured.

"Breezestar is okay," Moonlight said quietly. "He's nicer than Nightstar but a little harsher than Stormstar."

Dingosong nodded. "He's the medium."

Wildstar hissed at them, "Be quiet! Show some respect." She turned to face forwards, "We're here."

The patrol seemed to hold their breath as they padded into the WindClan camp. "Breezestar," Rabbitspring called out, "there are ThunderClan cats here to see you; their deputy and a few others, from the looks of it."

"Alright, fine." Breezestar padded out of his den and glared at the ThunderClan patrol before him. "What are you doing here, Wildeyes? Can't Wrathstar come to speak for himself?" There was some sniggering from the WindClan cats.

Wildstar bristled with annoyance. "I'm Wildstar now and Wrathstar is dead." She told them the same things she had told Stormstar. Once she had finished explaining, she decided to get straight to the point. "Go to Four Trees at sun high tomorrow, Breezestar. All the Clans' questions will be answered there. The fate of the Clans lies in our paws now."

Breezestar sighed, "Why should we listen to you? It could be a trap, for all we know."

Sharpblaze thrashed his tail with impatience. "We must all unite or DeathClan will win!"

Breezestar sighed again and, after a long pause, shrugged. "I guess going to this 'early gathering' will be the only answer to this. If I see how much other Clans believe you, maybe I will too."

Wildstar dipped her head. "Thank you for your time." She started towards the camp entrance but Rabbitspring stopped her. "Wait for a moment, Wildeyes - I mean Wildstar. Would you like me to escort them to the border, Breezestar?"

Breezestar shook his head. "No, just leave them. If they wanted to attack, they would've done it by now." Rabbitspring nodded and stepped aside.

Wildstar padded out of the camp and started towards the ShadowClan border. "This is going to be tricky. ShadowClan is stubborn and may not even let us into their territory, never mind their camp."

Bronzegaze nodded. "Should we just sit at the border and wait?"

Wildstar thought about it for a moment. "Maybe a little further than the border, but close enough to be noticed."

Three ShadowClan warriors and one apprentice met the ThunderClan cats at the border. The lead tom, a tabby tom named Pineclaw, stepped forward. "What do you think you're doing here Wildeyes? What business do you have with our Clan?" He glared at Sharpblaze, "Is this the little rogue kit your Clan adopted? Almost as bad as a Kittypet, although I've heard he has skills." He sneered, "Too bad he doesn't have warrior blood in his veins. You should send him back to the Twoleg Place where he belongs!"

Sharpblaze was about to yell at Pineclaw, but Dingosong beat him to it. "Don't talk about Sharpblaze like that! You have no right to judge him like that, you don't even know him! So just shut up!"

Pineclaw seemed a bit taken aback by the young she-cat's retort, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked expectantly at Wildstar.

Wildstar sighed, "First, I'm not Wildeyes anymore; I'm Wildstar." She told them the entire story, adding extra bits to make it sound more desperate and believable. "As you can see, the only way to beat DeathClan is for all the Clans to join forces one more time and become LionClan again. This war will be much harder than our battle against BloodClan. If DeathClan was an ocean, BloodClan would be a puddle next to it." She locked eyes with Pineclaw. "We need to tell your leader to bring a patrol to Four Trees. The other leaders have already agreed to come. Let us pass."

"Set one paw on our territory and we will shred you!" snarled the grey tom next to Pineclaw, Owlfeather. "As if we'd ever let ThunderClan on our territory! BloodClan was defeated moons ago, and the only thing left to show he even existed are a scattered number of rogues and loners. So stay of our territory!" The other cats hissed at Wildstar and her patrol.

"Those scattered rogues have joined as one! How else did Wrathstar die?" She looked down at Sharpblaze and took a deep breath, "Plus, Sharpblaze has been there. He knows the truth, he's seen it." She stepped back, "I'll let you tell them. It's your life, your story." She hoped she hadn't made the wrong decision.

Sharpblaze gave Wildstar a somewhat reproachful look, but began telling the ShadowClan cats his story. "My father was...a BloodClan cat of high standing, so I know the story better than anyone. You've already heard the basics from Wildstar, but I know all too well how much the Twoleg rogues hate the Clans and how much they want to crush all of us."

Wildstar shuffled her paws, she hadn't liked that. She knew that this was the only way to convince them. Besides, we'd have to tell them who Sharpblaze's father was eventually; why not just give them a clue now? "Will you let us pass?" She blinked at Pineclaw. "If you refuse, all may be lost. At least take us to your leader so we can talk to him about it. You don't want to make the big decision only to find out your leader would've done the opposite."

Pineclaw was about to yell at Wildstar to go away, but he paused and thought over everything the ThunderClan leader had told him. After a long time, he snorted irritably, "Fine, but don't try anything funny. One wrong move and there'll be a battle on your paws." The rest of his patrol hissed and grumbled with annoyance. Pineclaw turned to the apprentice. "Mudpaw, you go on ahead and let Nightstar know who is coming."

The young apprentice nodded and ran off. "Thank you," Wildstar sighed and walked into ShadowClan territory with her patrol. Moonlight and Bronzegaze flanked her while Dingosong and Sharpblaze padded behind them.

The territory was muddy and there were fewer trees here than there were in ThunderClan. Dingosong sniffed in disgust as he shook some mud from his paw. The ShadowClan patrol snickered at the enemy patrol's difficulty on their territory. "Having trouble?" Pineclaw laughed.

Dingosong snorted, "Nope!" She didn't show any sign of weakness the rest of the way.

When they arrived at ShadowClan's camp, Nightstar was already sitting outside. He glared angrily at them, "Why are you ThunderClan cats in my camp? I hope you have good reason to be here, Wildeyes." He narrowed his eyes, "Why has Wrathstar sent you and why did you wait on WindClan's border? You must have crossed RiverClan to get that far!"

Wildstar smiled warmly at the ShadowClan leader, trying to show off more kindness than she had for the other leaders. "We have come to warn you about a terrible danger and to ask you to join me and the other Clans at Four Trees tomorrow at sun high. Also, my name is no longer Wildeyes. I am now Wildstar."

Nightstar's eyes widened slightly. He glanced around, "Come into my den. Tell me everything."

Wildstar nodded and entered his den, leaving her patrol outside. Inside, she told him everything she had told the ShadowClan patrol, but in even more detail than before. As you can see, you must meet with us at Four Trees. We need ShadowClan to fight with us."

Nightstar snorted and growled, "I don't see why I should. Give me one good reason."

"Okay, you want a good reason? Tell me, if Wrathstar wasn't killed by the four Clans, who killed him? No good warrior would kill in such a way. If you want proof, take a look in the Twoleg place." She paused and sneered, "You know what? Fine! If you won't come now, I'll wait until you're killed by them and ask your deputy." She knew it was harsh, but she needed to provoke him.

Nightstar hissed angrily. "I can hold my own against a few rogues from the city! I couldn't care less about you and your little kit stories about bad kitties in the Twoleg place! I won't believe your words, you have no proof!"

Wildstar glared at Nightstar. "I know, the only proof I have are my words. You're probably thinking this is a trap. That you'll go to Four Trees only to be ambushed and killed. We don't work that way, Nightstar. You know that. Besides, when has ThunderClan ever come up to you like this before? The worst that's ever happened in our forest was Tigerstar, but now there is a new threat. If we don't fight, we will die."

Nightstar snarled, "None of your words will make me believe your lies."

Wildstar blinked at Nightstar, "Maybe someone else's will?"

Nightstar narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?"

"The black tom in my patrol, the one with bi-colored eyes, is from the Twoleg Place. He has seen with his own eyes what DeathClan is capable of. The Clans are meeting at Four Trees tomorrow and they will hear his words! He will speak nothing but the truth. Think of it as an early gathering, but an important one."

Nightstar narrowed his eyes again, thinking things over. "Alright, Wildstar, I will go to Four Trees."

Wildstar beamed brightly. "Thank you so much! You won't regret this, I promise you that!"

Nightstar rolled his eyes. "Alright, just leave already. I'll have a patrol escort you back to your territory."

Wildstar nodded and padded out of his den. She smiled at her patrol whose faces immediately lit up. "Did he agree to go?" Bronzegaze asked.

Wildstar nodded. "Yes. We can go home now."

Pineclaw laughed, "Not so fast! I'm escorting you back to your territory!"

Wildstar nodded happily. "Lead the way."

He muttered something under his breath and looked over his shoulder. "Owlfeather, Flametalon, get over here! You're coming with me!"

The two cats were quick to join them and they were soon walking back through ShadowClan's territory. They were less hostile than before, but still alert. When they reached the Thunderpath there were no goodbyes, they just watched Wildstar and her patrol as they crossed the black path.

Before Sharpblaze entered the forest of his home, he turned and looked back at ShadowClan's territory. The patrol had left, but he could still feel a pair of eyes burning into his fur. He couldn't see or smell anyone, but there was an eerie feeling of being watched. He shuddered. "I must be imagining things," he muttered and ran to catch up to his friends.